Chhal

Dharamjaigarh block · Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh · PIN 496116 · village code 434507

The 2020 population figure for this village looks unreliable, so no change is shown. Census 2011 recorded 3,341 people; Mission Antyodaya 2020 recorded 1,800 — a drop of more than 40%. One of the two is wrong and we cannot tell which.

Census 2011

Total population

3,341

Male / female

1,675 / 1,666

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

995

Children aged 0–6

412

Literacy rate

68.1%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

264 / 1,792

Working population

1,426

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

65.9%

Households

772

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school

Yes

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Bus

Electricity

8-12 Hrs

Bank nearest 10 km away

Primary health centre

Sub Centre

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Yes

Common service centre

Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan

The village primary school

These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.

Students

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Both

Computer lab

Yes

Playground

Yes

Drinking water

Yes

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

110

Non-farm households

Share of households farming, 2020

73%

Net sown area

180 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

180 / 40 / 30

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Chhal panchayat, Dharamjaigarh zila parishad. These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.

Opening balance

₹20.15 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹19.38 lakh

Received directly

₹28.97 lakh

Spent

₹55.74 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹12.76 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹4.63 lakh · received ₹3.59 lakh · spent ₹11.32 lakh · left ₹5.26 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹15.52 lakh · received ₹15.79 lakh · spent ₹44.42 lakh · left ₹7.50 lakh

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

22.4505, 83.2072 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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